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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 95-1765157

Layne Foundation

A private foundation in Irvine, CA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 3 grants and $900,000 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact
Paul Nelson
4 Dorchester
Irvine, CA 92620
(714) 812-6867
[email protected]
Form and materials
Audited annual financial statement
Deadlines
None
Restrictions
Church financing

Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $900,000

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $61,511,987

  • Tax year 2024

    $500,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $61,143,357

  • Tax year 2023

    $200,000

    Grants listed
    1
    Assets, end of year
    $58,739,396

  • Tax year 2022

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $57,611,407

  • Tax year 2021

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $56,383,641

  • Tax year 2020

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $54,833,707

Grants paid in 2025

3 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. City of HopeDuarte, CA

    Cancer medical research

    $400,000
  2. Individual

    Cancer medical research

    $300,000
  3. Individual

    Alheimers medical research

    $200,000

Where the money goes

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California1 grant $400,000

Officers, directors and trustees

5 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Wesley M MasonTreasurer Hours 43Pay $150,000
  • Paul R NelsonPresident Hours 45Pay $170,000
  • Chad C WilcoxVice President Hours 2Pay $8,000
  • Michael A PetersonDirector Hours 2Pay $8,000
  • Scott L SemansDirector Hours 2Pay $8,000

The return

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